The coronavirus pandemic has obviously brought real motorsport to a halt, but many of Michelin’s driver partners have been keeping their eye in thanks to virtual races like Sebring SuperSaturday, e-Sport MotoGP and Porsche Supercup Virtual Edition.

Initially scheduled for the weekend of June 13-14, this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours has been postponed until mid-September due to the coronavirus outbreak. The 1968 race was also held in September and saw Michelin provide new radial tyres for its partner Alpine.

Sébastien Ogier steered his Michelin LTX Force-equipped Toyota Yaris WRC to victory this weekend to earn his sixth success in Mexico. However, Round 3 of the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship was brought to an early close due to the coronavirus outbreak.

FIA WRC - Michelin scores 30th Rally Sweden triumph!

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The 10 registered teams for the FIA Formula E Championship have taken delivery of their first electric single-seater racing cars developed and built by Spark Racing Technology in association with McLaren, Williams, Dallara, Renault and Michelin.

Along with the pairing announced recently by Abt, another complete driver line-up for the FIA Formula E Championship has been made public, since Jaime Alguersuari and Sam Bird have been officially recruited by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Racing Formula.

A test session at Issoire, near Clermont-Ferrand, France, on April 14-16, 2014, enabled Michelin to sign off the new tyre that will feature in the brand-new FIA Formula E World Championship for electric single-seater racing cars which kicks off later this year.

The 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour was brutal and relentless and, in the end, came down to a final fifteen-minute sprint to the chequered flag. The spoils ended up in the hands of Maranello Motorsport’s Peter Edwards, John Bowe, Craig Lowndes and Mika Salo (N°88 Ferrari/Michelin) by a margin of 0.4s over the N°84 Mercedes (HTP)! The N°63 Erebus Mercedes was third to make it an all-Michelin podium in Australia.

After their previous Rally Sweden victories in 2008 and 2012, Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila claimed their third win on the wintry fixture today in Karlstad. VW Polo R WRC/Michelin enjoyed a one-two finish thanks to Andreas Mikkelsen who scored his first ever world class podium. He was joined in the top three by fellow Norwegian Mads Ostberg (Citroën).

After the pristine wintry conditions that marked last week’s pre-event tests, positive temperatures in recent days have completely transformed the 2014 Rally Sweden landscape. The thermometer is expected to fluctuate between -2°C and +2°C this week.

The Car and Truck categories of the 2014 Dakar (from Rosario, Argentina, to Valparaiso, Chile) were won by Spaniard Nani Roma (Mini/Michelin) and Russia’s Andrey Karginov (Kamaz/Michelin) respectively.

Like Sebring, Daytona and Le Mans, the aura of Monte Carlo has inspired generations of automobile designers and manufacturers over the years. The name has been used for numerous models and limited editions, from the Skoda Popular to the Montecarlo Rascasse…